Words the Bible translates as folly
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ivveletאִוֶּלֶתmoral folly: the culpable refusal to live wisely that marks a person as a fool, as opposed to a mere lack of intelligence
- anoiaἄνοιαfollynot studied yet
- keselכֶּסֶלfolly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
+2 more meanings
- the loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
- confidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
- nevalahנְבָלָהan outrage: an act so shameful that the community cannot absorb it and must answer it
- sikhlutסִכְלוּתfolly: the dull, thick-headed unwisdom that Ecclesiastes weighs against wisdom and finds worthless
- tiphlahתִּפְלָהsenseless impropriety: something so empty of good sense that it is also unfitting and offensive
- sekhelסֶכֶלfollynot studied yet
- pashפַּשׁfollynot studied yet
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